VN Ren'Py Being a DIK [v0.11.1] [DrPinkCake]

[felicemastronzo]

I'm pretty sure Stella dies in Depraved Awakening no matter what you do. It was totally appropriate and very emotional.



I'm pretty sure AL has a monogamous ending with each character (except the antagonist), some not so happy as to how other characters are impacted.




Meaningful deaths can be very poignant. Deaths for the sake of drama alone (which is what people here are accusing DPC of) just make people angry.




A love interest would be any character that a game allows you to develop a deep relationship with. By specifically highlighting them (as is done in a lot of these AVNs), DPC takes away any false hopes of other relationships blooming. I noticed Sally and KRJ aren't there in the end of episode LI summaries...



I'm not sure if it's explicitly stated, but this game isn't meant to be just like every other AVN. It's not all about wooing and fucking. At the very offset it tells you it's going to play with your heartstrings.

I doubt a "happily every after" scenario with the mc, Maya and Josy is on the cards. Some one's gonna get their heart broken.



I think there will be a positive ending with each LI. If you're expecting a throuple or a harem then yes, you're probably going to be thwarted.



I don't think you should be playing the game with the expectation that your main LI will die. That's a really negative way to play it. DPC didn't kill the main LI in AL (unless you were greedy and wanted more than one).



I think the only way this throuple ending will occur is if the endings are far less definitive. In AL each ending was about marriage and possible children and was typically a life goal. Hopefully in this game it won't be so serious. The MC is only 19, he doesn't need to be married or in a permanent relationship by the time he finishes college - he's got his whole life ahead of him. So at the end he should hopefully have a lot of friends, maybe a steady girlfriend and some fond memories. Is there room for some sad events in there too? Of course there is.

I would say no ...

in DA Stella dies about halfway through the game, it's a highly dramatic moment in a noir-setting story, where darks are predictable.

in AL after the fire the game is practically over, there is a long epilogue, in some playgames there is still an important choice to make, but in any case the end of the game has already been set.
why do you think the players who bet Melissa, or even Melissa, are greedy? apart, that as you also said earlier, those who have only pursued Meghan find themselves living a fairly alienating experience in which they are forced into a drama that they do not understand and do not share. it is evident that DPC wants the player to be quite tied to both Meghan and Melissa at that point, in other cases the last third of the game is quite mediocre

it doesn't seem right to shift the blame from the story to the player

so in BADIK are those players who are currently in relationship with both Josy and Maya greedy? do they therefore deserve to be punished too?

I am not convinced there will be an ending for each LI, I hope so but I am not convinced. I have a lot of doubts about Bella's ending, for now there are no traces of the solo path for Maya and Josy, and even their ending as a trouple will have to overcome many obstacles.

 

[chamillionaire]

Hello~! i'm new to this game, currently in chapter 2 of the game. Can i ask a question to the veterans of this game, can i still get a sex from Isabella and Jill even tho my points is goin into path of DIKS? or should i restart then go to the opposite path which is CHIKS?

 

[shazba]

Hello~! i'm new to this game, currently in chapter 2 of the game. Can i ask a question to the veterans of this game, can i still get a sex from Isabella and Jill even tho my points is goin into path of DIKS? or should i restart then go to the opposite path which is CHIKS?

That's a hard one, as of episode 6, the answer is yes you can have a relationship with Bella and Jill as a DIK - but at this point neither has had full blown sex with the mc anyway, and we don't know what will happen going forward.

 

[felicemastronzo]

Hello~! i'm new to this game, currently in chapter 2 of the game. Can i ask a question to the veterans of this game, can i still get a sex from Isabella and Jill even tho my points is goin into path of DIKS? or should i restart then go to the opposite path which is CHIKS?

for now Mc has not yet had sex with either of them, with Bella we are in foreplay, with Jill even further behind.

with Jill you have to give up a scene if you are not with CHICK affinity at the time, otherwise you have the same content with both girls.

it's very likely that at some point, especially with Jill, it could have a negative impact being DIK.

 

[shazba]

I would say no ...

in DA Stella dies about halfway through the game, it's a highly dramatic moment in a noir-setting story, where darks are predictable.

in AL after the fire the game is practically over, there is a long epilogue, in some playgames there is still an important choice to make, but in any case the end of the game has already been set.
why do you think the players who bet Melissa, or even Melissa, are greedy? apart, that as you also said earlier, those who have only pursued Meghan find themselves living a fairly alienating experience in which they are forced into a drama that they do not understand and do not share. it is evident that DPC wants the player to be quite tied to both Meghan and Melissa at that point, in other cases the last third of the game is quite mediocre

it doesn't seem right to shift the blame from the story to the player

so in BADIK are those players who are currently in relationship with both Josy and Maya greedy? do they therefore deserve to be punished too?

I am not convinced there will be an ending for each LI, I hope so but I am not convinced. I have a lot of doubts about Bella's ending, for now there are no traces of the solo path for Maya and Josy, and even their ending as a trouple will have to overcome many obstacles.

I'm not saying anyone deserves to be punished, but simply in AL if you want a relationship with two girls at the same time you get hit with a heart wrenching decision.

I think DPC would be very silly to employ the exact same dynamic to BaDIK, i.e. if you go for the threesome you'll be forced to choose and one will die, but you may still end up having to choose only one girl even if you like both of the two girls (just in the same way it is already possible the girls didn't choose the mc in that library scene).

Now that you mention Bella, that's a good point. It's hard to imagine a "happily ever after" relationship with her. The only thing the two seem to have in common are sex and Jill. Bella even states in the library that their humors are not compatible.

 

[felicemastronzo]

I'm not saying anyone deserves to be punished, but simply in AL if you want a relationship with two girls at the same time you get hit with a heart wrenching decision.

I think DPC would be very silly to employ the exact same dynamic to BaDIK, i.e. if you go for the threesome you'll be forced to choose and one will die, but you may still end up having to choose only one girl even if you like both of the two girls (just in the same way it is already possible the girls didn't choose the mc in that library scene).

Now that you mention Bella, that's a good point. It's hard to imagine a "happily ever after" relationship with her. The only thing the two seem to have in common are sex and Jill. Bella even states in the library that their humors are not compatible.

but are you talking about the player or the MC?

the player cannot choose to be ONLY with Melissa, if he wants Melissa, DPC forces him to stay with Meghan too and then forces him to let her die in the fire. very courteous from DPC. would it be the player's fault?
the only choice he makes is whether to accept Melissa's advances, at that point he may like the trouple or not, but he does not choose that solution, neither the player nor MC.

similarly now in BADIK he cannot choose to be with Maya or Josy, or both or neither. the BADIK player is much greedier at this point.

to me that an LI dies or disappears very little changes, if Maya's father kills her (or Josy) or takes her away in an inevitable way, the result is the same

 

[shazba]

but are you talking about the player or the MC?

the player cannot choose to be ONLY with Melissa, if he wants Melissa, DPC forces him to stay with Meghan too and then forces him to let her die in the fire. very courteous from DPC. would it be the player's fault?
the only choice he makes is whether to accept Melissa's advances, at that point he may like the trouple or not, but he does not choose that solution, neither the player nor MC.

similarly now in BADIK he cannot choose to be with Maya or Josy, or both or neither. the BADIK player is much greedier at this point.

to me that an LI dies or disappears very little changes, if Maya's father kills her (or Josy) or takes her away in an inevitable way, the result is the same

In AL it's never the players fault if someone dies in the fire, it's the antagonists fault. Of course the main character feels guilt as would anyone in real life if they failed to save everyone, hence the therapy to assist the mc to come to terms with what happened and to not blame himself, but the mc only had the opportunity to save one person, but it's healthier to focus not on choosing who dies, but choosing to save someone. As a player, you choose the LI you want to save. It's only if you want to save them both equally that you're left disappointed. It's still a lousy situation to face and I would never want to be confronted with such a thing in real life.

Regarding BaDIK, you're right, at this point if you want either Maya or Josy, it's all or nothing, would it have been better if DPC put a mechanism in there that allowed the MC to deviously split the girls up so he could take only the one the player wants? I don't think so, this isn't that kind of game. The MC is basically kind hearted and tries to help.

 

[felicemastronzo]

In AL it's never the players fault if someone dies in the fire, it's the antagonists fault. Of course the main character feels guilt as would anyone in real life if they failed to save everyone, hence the therapy to assist the mc to come to terms with what happened and to not blame himself, but the mc only had the opportunity to save one person, but it's healthier to focus not on choosing who dies, but choosing to save someone. As a player, you choose the LI you want to save. It's only if you want to save them both equally that you're left disappointed. It's still a lousy situation to face and I would never want to be confronted with such a thing in real life.

Regarding BaDIK, you're right, at this point if you want either Maya or Josy, it's all or nothing, would it have been better if DPC put a mechanism in there that allowed the MC to deviously split the girls up so he could take only the one the player wants? I don't think so, this isn't that kind of game. The MC is basically kind hearted and tries to help.

well actually, if there is a solo route for Maya and Josy, and it seems so, the interested player will do just that, he will play circling like a vulture on the two girls ready to intervene at the first difficulty. in the end MC will be directly the cause of the breakdown or the first beneficiary
also very courteous on the part of DPC.

it seems too early to talk again about the disaster of the fourth chapter , but it doesn't seem to me that it was the only possible solution, but by now I have understood that if it is the MC that suffers, all in all, it is good for everyone. it seems to me the right punishment for being of a good heart

 

[Procyonix]

Hello~! i'm new to this game, currently in chapter 2 of the game. Can i ask a question to the veterans of this game, can i still get a sex from Isabella and Jill even tho my points is goin into path of DIKS? or should i restart then go to the opposite path which is CHIKS?

And Jill is much easier to romance Chick since many of her +RPs are Chick only, though as was mentioned already, you don't have full on sex with either thus far in the game as of the end of Ch 6.

I have a full DIK, Full Chick, and a neutral save waiting for Ch 7 for that reason, to hedge my bets

 

[N7]

There's not a lot of specifics to report on this week. I've been working hard on dialogue/code and trying to keep a steady number of animations in the render queue.

I have posed a total of 131 animations and I also have re-worked a few episode 6 animations with a new technique I picked up.

At the moment, 94 animations for episode 7 are complete. I'm a bit unsure about the total animation count for this update, but I have several lewd scenes left to pose animations for.

I think it's safe to say that both the animation count and duration will be bigger and longer than for episode 6. For the static render count, it's too early to tell.

The episode will have a focus on both story and lewd scenes, but a bit more balanced compared to the story focused episode 6.



Poll news

The winner in this week's poll was option #4.

It will be featured in episode 7.

Right now, there's an on-going poll for a 2D wallpaper

You must be registered to see the links

.

A final reminder for Vice Presidents and tiers above it, submit your render request before the end of December

You must be registered to see the links

. 4 entries will be handpicked and produced for January's batch of custom renders.

Due to the holiday season, the next status update will be posted on January 1, 2021.

I will of course be working between now and then, with the exception of a few days, and you will see more posts from me before the end of the year.

Cheers

Dr PinkCake

 

[BenMeiffert]

no Josy death? hmmm

She's killed by a crab-monster in a D&G game... and find KRJ back in Valhalla.

 

[Paranoid丶Chen]

So, how much is Maya's tuition?

 

[Urdnot Wrex]

I highly recommend it because it has a lot of Role and the decisions you make in each game directly affect the sequel and of course there are romance routes

And there's also Urdnot Wrex, the one and only

 

[shazba]

I have posed a total of 131 animations and I also have re-worked a few episode 6 animations with a new technique I picked up.

Looks like all those looking for episode 6 saves will be looking for episode 5 saves after the next release!

 

[shazba]

So, how much is Maya's tuition?

It's undisclosed, left vague so we don't know whether the MC's new found funds (5K) will be adequate.

 

[Wizard_Shiryuu]

I wonder who would win a poll featuring Derek's sister, Josy's girlfriend and MC's ex-room mate

Troy.

Lily's tits look great, I was surprised when the mc called them fake, yet no one comments on how fake as fuck Maya's tits look.

Maya, Heather... That kind of boobs looks fake to me.

 

[Esp``]

The episode will have a focus on both story and lewd scenes, but a bit more balanced compared to the story focused episode 6.

Cheers

Dr PinkCake

This is a shame. I personally felt EP6's balance between the lewd and the story was perfect. I really liked to see finally we moved forward with the plot and it was not only about lewds. I enjoyed how MC was just not a walking dick and actually did deeds around the campus, also interacted with other girls more so than the other episodes without the only intention of fucking. I thought DPC would keep that balance moving onwards.

I don't want to see another EP5 that focuses on one day with like 5-6 lewd scenes with everyone on the same night.

I might came for the girls at first but I'm staying for the story. Please give me more story. At least he says it is more balanced, so I guess there is hope that it won't be anything like EP5.

That wording just got me worried a bit, I loved EP6.

 

[Gladheim]

I'm not saying anyone deserves to be punished, but simply in AL if you want a relationship with two girls at the same time you get hit with a heart wrenching decision.

I think DPC would be very silly to employ the exact same dynamic to BaDIK, i.e. if you go for the threesome you'll be forced to choose and one will die, but you may still end up having to choose only one girl even if you like both of the two girls (just in the same way it is already possible the girls didn't choose the mc in that library scene).

Now that you mention Bella, that's a good point. It's hard to imagine a "happily ever after" relationship with her. The only thing the two seem to have in common are sex and Jill. Bella even states in the library that their humors are not compatible.

Neither of them has to die, if they simply make you choose and like them both, the decision is already very difficult and even more knowing that the one you reject is possibly going to hate you both forever and is going to be sad. I went through a moment of decision like this twice, I went for 2 girls at the same time and when I had to choose then everything went wrong hahaha

There's not a lot of specifics to report on this week. I've been working hard on dialogue/code and trying to keep a steady number of animations in the render queue.

I have posed a total of 131 animations and I also have re-worked a few episode 6 animations with a new technique I picked up.

At the moment, 94 animations for episode 7 are complete. I'm a bit unsure about the total animation count for this update, but I have several lewd scenes left to pose animations for.

I think it's safe to say that both the animation count and duration will be bigger and longer than for episode 6. For the static render count, it's too early to tell.

The episode will have a focus on both story and lewd scenes, but a bit more balanced compared to the story focused episode 6.



Poll news

The winner in this week's poll was option #4.

It will be featured in episode 7.

Right now, there's an on-going poll for a 2D wallpaper

You must be registered to see the links

.

A final reminder for Vice Presidents and tiers above it, submit your render request before the end of December

You must be registered to see the links

. 4 entries will be handpicked and produced for January's batch of custom renders.

Due to the holiday season, the next status update will be posted on January 1, 2021.

I will of course be working between now and then, with the exception of a few days, and you will see more posts from me before the end of the year.

Cheers

Dr PinkCake

So... Im going to replay episode 6 again xD

 

[Wizard_Shiryuu]

Dude,
I get your point of respectful disagreement, so here I go.
DPC can not write the story that matches his quality renders. He ruined AL. He is ruining BaDIK. He is tremendous at doing his renders. He is milking his Patrons, doing bullshit like the fluffy last update. We could do without all of that crap, and honestly I guarantee it wouldn't hurt one bit.
AL was contrived bullshit. BaDIK is heading the same way. I do so wish that DPC was actually still reading this stuff, but one of his moles does and they tell him the temperature of the water here. I think that if he found a good writer, and he stuck just to the artwork, he would be much more successful. Now fanbois are going to come facepalms ready, and that is ok, but it is true. There are so many other stories being displayed here on this board that are better than BaDIK. I could care less if he ever updates it again. Ok wait, I do want a full sex sequence with Bella, then I could give a shit.
Peace

You don't like drama in stories therefore bad writing. And calling fanboys to everyone who disagrees with you...

 

[shazba]

So... Im going to replay episode 6 again xD

By the time the next episode comes out, I'm sure I'll play the whole game again.